Kou Dai Jing Ling - Fei Cui is a bootleg NES version of Keitai Denjuu Telefang, a Game Boy Color game. It was made by Waixing and is considered to be of a low quality
Gameplay
The gameplay has little to do with the original Telefang. While the general plot is still the same, with the same objectives and bosses, there are some drastically altered elements. The starter Denjuu is Oshe, as opposed to Crypto (in Power Version) or Fungus (in Speed Version). The Denjuu found in the wild are all completely different, and are often evolved. The maps are changed as well: while the general layout is the same, the acres are far larger: instead of them being 160x128 (the size of a GBC screen minus the 16-pixel high status bar), they are 256x240 (the size of a PAL NES screen), and everything is adjusted accordingly. Shops are completely different, offering many items at a time, as opposed to just four, and are often very expensive. The clock is completely non-existent, and the battle system is very different. All of the Denjuu are given random Pokémon names (sometimes misspelled). Like all Waixing pirates, the text is in Chinese, rather than Japanese. The first eleven monsters from the third generation of Pokémon games are present too, thus dating the pirate to 2002 or later.
Battle system
Like the original Telefang, the player can select up to three Denjuu to battle at a time, but the battle system is completely different otherwise. Although the Denjuu select screen says they will arrive in 6 turns (which is unlike the original Telefang), they always seem to arrive instantly. Unlike the original Telefang, where there are 3-on-3 battles, only one Denjuu will battle on a side at a time; however, they can be switched freely, and doing so will not cost a turn. Each Denjuu has four attacks. The attacks have PP, which is a feature in Pokémon, not Telefang. The PP (and HP) restores after a battle ends. The more powerful Denma attacks of the original Telefang, which took several turns to charge up and ran off a separate attack stat, are absent.
In the original Telefang, each Denjuu had a habitat type that affects how it battles against other habitat types. The type matchups were a simple 6-way rock-paper-scissors chain: Forest -> Aquatic -> Desert -> Grassland -> Mountain -> Sky -> Forest. However, in this NES bootleg, they seem to be nonexistant.
The battle animations are recycled from Waixing's Pokémon Red pirate, some of which are from the legit Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow.
Music
None of the music in the NES game is from the original Telefang. All of this music is heard in at least some of Waixing's other pirated games. The battle theme was used in Waixing's port of Biohazard.
List of Denjuu/Pokémon
Here is a partial list of the Denjuu and Pokémon that appear in Telefang NES. Note that the Denjuu numbers in this game do not match the ones in the original Telefang.
| Number | Original Japanese Name | Translated English Name | NES Bootleg Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | オーシェ | Oshe | Wigglvtuff | A misspelling of the Pokémon Wigglytuff. Appears bronze instead of orange. |
| 2 | コキア | Kochia | Zubat | Appears purple instead of gray. |
| 3 | ケシ | Keshi | Golbat | Appears vivid green instead of grayish blue. |
| 4 | クリプト | Crypto | Oddisah | Misspelling of Oddish. Has a brown tone to it. |
| 5 | モンステラ | Monstera | Gloom | Has a light blue appearance, which is completely different from its normal dark blue-green appearance. |
| 6 | ヒオウギ | Hiougi | Vileplume | |
| 7 | プニカ | Punica | Qingqing | This doesn't seem to be named after anything. |
| 8 | グミ | Gumi | Parasect | Has more of a pink body than a purple one. |
| 9 | スグリ | Suguri | Venonat | Instead of beige and blue, he appears dark orange and purple. |
| 10 | ガンライコウ | Ganraikou | Venomoth | |
| 11 | ビャクブ | Byakubu | Diglett | |
| 12 | マンテア | Mantea | Dugtrio | Purple in color. |
| 13 | イクソラ | Ixora | Meowth | Instead of a blue/red appearance, it has a lime yellow/orange appearance. |
| 14 | ミルツス | Myrtus | Persin | Misspelling of Persian. Hair is a light aqua instead of blue, and brown is lighter. |
| 15 | リクニス | Lychnis | Psiduck | Misspelling of Psyduck. It is blue instead of bluish green. |
| 16 | ラペロイジア | Lapeirousia | Golduck | Instead of a grayish-purple/reddish-purple apperance, it has a blue/brown appearance. |
| 17 | ブバリア | Bubaria | Mankey | |
| 18 | アンヂオス | Angios | Primeape | |
| 19 | リリオペ | Liriope | Growlithe | |
| 20 | ワラタ | Waratah | Shanglin | Bootleg name doesn't seem to be named after anything. Has a strange purple appearance. |
| 21 | ソルガム | Sorghum | Poliwag | Is completely gray in appearance (the original had a slight blue tint). |
| 22 | ノリウツギ | Noriutsugi | Poliwhirl | The purple has a stronger tint here. |
| 23 | パンパス | Pampas | Poliwrth | Misspelling of Poliwrath. Has a very odd mix of light purple and cyan. |
| 24 | ローダンセ | Rhodanthe | Abra | Appears gray instead of blue. |
| 25 | リコリス | Licorice | Ladabra | Misspelling of Kadabra. The green is more of a yellowish green here. |
| 26 | ビバーナム | Viburnum | Alakazam | |
| 27 | ファンネル | Funnel | Machop | For some reason, this Denjuu does not show up in the Picture Book. |
| 28 | ウイキョウ | Uikyou | Machoke | The light green is a deeper green here. |
| 29 | オバナ | Obana | Machamp | |
| 30 | ファイアーコッコ | Firekokko | Bellsprout | |
| 31 | レイゴーテン | Raygoten | Weepinbell | Like Kochia, this has an unusual purple tone to it. |
| 32 | ドリアーマ | Driarmor | Victreebel | The normally orange body is pink and the normally dark blue drill is light gray. |
| 33 | カメラーン | Chamelan | Tentacool | Like Keshi, this Denjuu is unusually green. |
| 34 | シェルステラ | Shellsterra | Tentacruel | |
| 35 | ボルタマス | Balltamus | Geodude | Is purple in color, though the original was reddish. |
| 36 | ブレニカ | Burenica | Graveler | Appears lighter pink. |
| 37 | ゲーロン | Geron | Golem | Like Gumi, this Denjuu has more of a pink body than purple. |
| 38 | バーゼリア | Berzelia | Ponyta | |
| 39 | ニゲラ | Nigella | Rapidash | Is brown instead of pinkish-orange. |
| 40 | ムサ | Musa | Slowpoke | Green is much more vibrant here. |
| 41 | ネタロ | Netaro | Slowbro | Has a more bronze appearance. |
| 42 | ネジロ | Nejiro | Magnemite | |
| 43 | ゴデチア | Godetia | Magneton | |
| 44 | クルクマ | Curcuma | Stone | Stone isn't a name of a Pokémon, though it is similar to a Denjuu name (Zudoon). Its scales are green instead of a faded greenish brown. |
| 45 | テッセン | Tessen | Doduo | Its body is aqua instead of blue. |
| 46 | ヘリオプシス | Heliopsis | Dodrio | Its body is darker brown. |
| 47 | レイガース | Raygirth | Seel | Like Kochia and Raygoten, this Denjuu is purple when it should be gray. |
| 48 | アーマル | Armaru | Dewgong | Its body is a dark brown instead of orange, and its jewel and eye are orange (which, strangely, is brighter than his body) instead of green. |
| 49 | カメレイド | Chameraid | Grimer | Like Keshi and Chameraid, this Denjuu is green when it should be grayish blue. |
| 50 | クリプトライド | Cryptoride | Muk | Its body is pink instead of yellow, and its spines are maroon instead of orange. |
| 51 | ワーミテララ | Wormyterala | Shellder | |
| 52 | ブルタマス | Bulltamus | Cloyster | Like Balltamus, it is purple in color, instead of a reddish color. |
| 53 | プニードル | Puneedle | Gastly | |
| 54 | ケロリン | Kekorin | Zz | Like Gumi and Geron, this Denjuu has more of a pink body than purple. |
| 55 | スグライ | Sugulai | Gengar | This Denjuu has a tan body with turquoise stripes, instead of a beige body with blue stripes. |
| 56 | コートス | Cortos | Onix | |
| 57 | ガイウルス | Gaiurus | Drowzee | |
| 58 | ミドートル | Midootoru | Hypno | |
| 59 | オクトル | Octor | Krabby | Its body is more orange in appearance. |
| 60 | ヒトデーイト | Hitodeight | Kingler | Its body is green instead of blue, and its points are pink instead of red. |
| 61 | ゴースボア | Ghosboar | Omastar | Appears dark orange and purple, instead of khaki and blue. |
| 62 | スコーピル | Scorpil | Voltoib | Misspelling of Voltorb. |
| 63 | ワイタ | Waitah | Electrode | Like Waratah, this Denjuu has weird shades of purple instead of bluish gray. |
| 64 | ポッツァル | Potzal | Gradelee | This Denjuu has more of a cyan look than a blue one. |
| 65 | トゲールカ | Togeeruka | Cubone | Has a strange greenish yellow tone to it (as opposed to plain green). |
| 66 | ライガリオン | Raigaleon | Marowak | |
| 67 | ガドルクマ | Gadorukuma | Hitmonlee | Much brighter purple in appearance. |
| 68 | アルファゴス | Arufagosu | Hitmonchan | |
| 69 | キヨールカ | Kyooruka | Lickitung | This Denjuu is unusually aqua when he should be blue. |
| 70 | ワルタ | Warutah | Koffing | This Denjuu is unusually aqua when he should be bluish gray. |
| 71 | ガンツァトル | Guntzatl | Weezing | |
| 72 | ランプゲラ | Lampgera | Qiangqiang | This Denjuu has darker shades of blue than normal. |
| 73 | ズドーン | Zudoon | Rhdon | Misspelling of Rhydon. Appears bluish green instead of green. |
| 74 | ビブルナム | Gamazumi | Chansey | This Denjuu is purple when it should be more of a bluish tone. |
| 75 | パパウェル | Papaver | Tangela | Lighter portion is much brighter than original. |
| 76 | ブバルディー | Bouvardi | Kangaskhan | This Denjuu is more orange than pink. |
| 77 | ディプサクス | Dipsacus | Horsea | This Denjuu is blue when it should be beige. |
| 78 | オクトライフル | Octorifle | Seadra | |
| 79 | ユニアーマ | Uniarmor | Goldeen | |
| 80 | クリプトバーン | Cryptoburn | Seaking | Like Crypto, this Denjuu has a brown body when it should have a yellow one. |
| 81 | キングピン | Kingpin | Staryu | |
| 82 | サイオーペ | Saiope | Starmie | Its darker shade of blue is darker in this game. |
| 83 | パンクホロウ | Punkhorou | Mr. Mime | Has a weird mix of bright green and bright purple, as opposed to dark green and dark purple which blended better. |
| 84 | ギプソフィ | Gypsophi | Alpha | The beige is a dark orange in this game. |
| 85 | バリアーム | Barriarm | Gynx | Misspelling of Jynx. Its normally blue horns are bright green, and its normally orange body is brown. |
| 86 | クリプトナイト | Cryptoknight | Electabuzz | He is purple, instead of having brown spines and a yellow body. |
| 87 | ゴーラキング | Golaking | Magmar | He has a darker body in this game. |
| 88 | ヤロウ | Yarrow | Pinsir | |
| 89 | キモリ | Treecko | Tauros | This is a Pokémon, not a Denjuu. He is unusually lime green in appearance. |
| 90 | ジュプトル | Grovyle | Magikarp | This is a Pokémon, not a Denjuu. He is unusually turquoise in appearance. |
| 91 | ジュカイン | Sceptile | Fengfeng | This is a Pokémon, not a Denjuu. |
| 92 | アチャモ | Torchic | Loverjuan | This is a Pokémon, not a Denjuu. His head is beige for some reason. |
| 93 | ワカシャモ | Combusken | Lapras | This is a Pokémon, not a Denjuu. He is green instead of red-orange. |
| 94 | バシャーモ | Blaziken | Eevee | This is a Pokémon, not a Denjuu. |
| 95 | ミズゴロウ | Mudkip | Vaporeon | This is a Pokémon, not a Denjuu. He is purple instead of blue. |
| 96 | ヌマクロー | Marshtomp | Bob | This is a Pokémon, not a Denjuu. He is completely gray in appearance, as opposed to blue which is it should be. |
| 97 | ラグラージ | Swampert | Cat | This is a Pokémon, not a Denjuu. His body is an odd mixture of aqua and purple, instead of shades of blue. |
| 98 | ポチエナ | Poochyena | Porygon | This is a Pokémon, not a Denjuu. His body is made up of shades of purple instead of shades of gray. |
| 99 | グラエナ | Mightyena | Omanyte | This is a Pokémon, not a Denjuu. |
| 100 | ジグザグマ | Zigzagoon | Kabuto | This is a Pokémon, not a Denjuu. |
Trivia
- On the title screen, Crypto is colored bronze, and thus looks similar to the bronze-colored Crypto in Pokémon Diamond's (pirated Telefang Power) intro. In contrast, the official artwork and the original version of Telefang Power show Crypto with brown spines, a yellow body, a red chest spot and green eyes. The similarities between the two bronze-colored depictions suggest that Waixing may have been at least partially involved in translating Power/Speed into Diamond/Jade, or that the company's developers used the GBC bootlegs as the basis for this NES title. These possibilities are strengthened by the fact that both the NES game and the GBC bootlegs attempt to disguise Telefang as an installment in the otherwise unrelated Pokémon franchise.
- Although the ROM title is "Kou Dai Jing Ling - Fei Cui", which means "Pocket Elves - Jade", the in-game title screen, seen above, reads 寵物 - 翡翠版 Chongwu - Fei Cui Ban, which translates as "Pets - Jade Edition".